WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate rejected competing measures on Friday to fund federal agencies for a few weeks when the new ...

The Senate last week rejected proposals to keep the government funded at least temporarily, raising the possibility of a ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer and his counterpart in the House of Representatives, Hakeem ...

Republican and Democratic lawmakers on Capitol Hill say Washington is headed for a government shutdown next week unless ...

Congress is moving head-first toward a government shutdown after the Senate voted down a pair of stopgap spending bills, including a “clean” one proposed by the GOP to keep the lights on for seven ...

Lawmakers are pointing fingers after the Senate rejected two competing bills to fund the government, increasing the risk of a shutdown. With a September 30 deadline looming, Democrats are accusing ...

Dem Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Sunday refused to rule out caving to President Trump’s demand for a “clean” ...

The Senate must pass a Republican-proposed short-term spending bill by Sept. 30 to avoid a government shutdown, amid ongoing ...

And the federal government never really completely shuts down. Social Security checks will still be distributed and Medicare ...

The conventional view in Washington, D.C., is that the instigators of a shutdown always lose politically but the actual ...

The Democrats are choosing a tricky path that will require discipline and focus if they are to prevail in winning the ...

I’d love to meet with them, but I don’t think it’s going to have any impact,” Trump told reporters outside the White House on ...